The Official R5000-HD Technical Status Discussion - Page 8

I hear you on that one Brother - I have taken the same course.

Thought I would ask my monthly query -

R5000-HD, any prospect for the DirectX functiionality? Still hoping to integrate with SageTV.

Thanks!

No problem...and their telephone number for tech support is?

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4 for 4 Bad
Eyes Wide Shut not on again for a while - Thus a wasted exercise in futility - every showing had a remuxer error.

Richard Pryor on again in a week - wonder if it will work that time? Despite 3 showings of Pink Floyd's The Wall, not a successful cap this run.

Anaconda - plays all the time, but still - what a waste of time.

E*

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This thread was recently brought to my attention by an mpeg2repair user. Since I don't own this product, I can't offer much in the way of advice. But I would urge anyone with problems to isolate the cause by simultaneously recording their shows to a VCR, PVR, etc. I almost always do this with my 169time setup. The receiver's SD output is hooked into my Tivo so that I can always go back and check if the problem existed on the original signal.

Nobody here can do anything about issues at E*. They have been so erratic ever since the Olympics, that anything is possible. If you only record 1 or 2 shows a week like me, then you may never see a problem. It's interesting that someone posted no issues on weekends. That could simply mean that Dish engineers are not at work playing with the muxer/encoder settings or decided to limit their experimentation to off-peak hours during the week where fewer people would notice.

One of the R5000 samples sent to me had a truncated GOP, followed by a long PTS discontinuity. Ended up showing up as a long pause/jump during playback in VLC. There's no way to know 100% what caused the issue but I suspect it's a Dish problem. This sort of issue is not strictly an error so it's not reported by the current mpeg2repair version. It will be flagged (at least as a warning) in the next release. That will at least allow you to verify if you should keep the recording or try again. Sorry, no ETA at this time.

-Mark

http://www.nextcomwireless.com/r5000/contact.htm

I contacted them through the email address they provided. They were very quick to reply and they solved my problem. The web site referred me to r5000support@nextcomwireless.com

Seems to me that you should try contacting them directly?

TW

Just wanted to clarify...

Does the R5000-HD work with DirecTv Standard Definition streams?
thanks

Potential Buyer

It's HD streams only for DirecTv. The SD streams don't work.

Whenever I go to schedule a recording event in the DVR app, the date always defaults to March 2036. Normally, I can set the correct date and recordings work as expected. However, last night, I set the date to Dec. 21st at 11:44:30 PM to record the Ark program on HDNMV and when I got up this morning, the date had been reset to March 26th so the recording never fired off.

Has anybody else ever seen this behavior?

Why does the date default to March 2036? My HTPC clock is set to the current date, at least according to Windows XP.

Mark

Are you sure you're running the latest version of the application software? This was a problem in some of the very early software releases, but hasn't been heard of since.

I have the same problem. I am using software version r5000ver15a.

It seemed to start with the "a" version.

I'm also using 1.5a since I have a Dish 6000.

I believe the default date was March 2036 with version 1.5 as well but with that version, once I set the date correctly, it never reset until I restarted the application so scheduled recordings always worked.

BTW, my unit has never worked via the 6000 timer menu. With earlier versions of the software, the scanning of the 6000 commands was hit or miss but actual control of the DVR via the 6000 IR never worked. Anyone else have this problem as well?

Mark

I am using a DTC-100 STB to recieve HD.

This unit also "switches" over to allow me to recieve local (OTA) Hi-Def with a terrestrial antenna. (There are 4 local HD broadcast channels).

If I have the R5000-HD modification made, will I be able to record local, OTA broadcast with this unit (the DTC-100)?

Thanks,

Cush

Concerning C-band HDTV bitstreams:

I have the JVC DT100 sitting here just waiting for connection to my 4DTV!
I'm sure not alone: C-banders who go digital w 4DTV are *all* "early adopters" of a sort !
Can you give any sort of advice to C-banders anxiously awaiting stable ways to timeshift the HD output of their HDD200 Motorola "decoders"?

The original notice of the promotional price discount was vague enough to make one hesitate before such an investment. What prospects ? What news?

"..e well. W...e IR samples from the remotes). We expect the finished solution to be available in a couple weeks. In the mean time, don't worry about the discount ending. Thanks."

Hey- That sounds pretty darn good to these gullible eyes. Ears.
But seriously, I thank you for the cheerful news- I'll be first in line to cheer and spread the word of your success: the C-band community is active, tight, largely online, and intensely interested in this!

I installed version 1.6 software and it corrected the March 2036 problem but the timer would not engage when set.

I had to revert back to the 1.5a version.

"Recording is supported from any receiver that uses the HDD-200 decoder box. Extended PVR control (IR receiver control) is targeted at 4DTV models 905/920/922. Control of the R5000-HD DVR from STB timers is not supported." -Excerpted, by "R"
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Dear R,
On behalf of a hundred thousand Americans, may I say: Bless you, "R"!

I will be spreading the word of your proud achievement to the BUD online community over the next 2-3 days. I can promise you an attentive, appreciative and passionate audience.
Guys who are -almost by definition- "early adopters" . They are going to want to know as much as you can tell them, and I'm betting they (we) will buy your goods ASA they perceive that the bang for buck is fair & square.

When you said that
"...Control of the R5000-HD DVR from STB timers is not supported."

did you mean "STB" to include the events on timers on 4DTV satellite receivers, themselves, (such as the Motorola 905 "Sidecar" and the 922, either of which will feed bitstreams to the decoder module HDD200) ??

Thanks for clearing up what confusion you can.

-Dean
"Maggs,"

"...To accomplish something similar, you would have to program the 4DTV box and the R5000-HD PVR "in parallel" with the same events. In this case the receiver would automatically handle all dish pointing and tuning and the R5000-hd would start and stop recordings at the appropriate times...." -R

Yes. And...? So....?
Where's the problem?
Pshaw! Am I un-impressed. How the heck do you think we Timeshifters have done the deed these past 20 year and more? It goes like this:

1) Get an Orbit or similar hard copy schedule with at least 1-2 weeks of everything on C-band on all 15 or so birds we see footprint encompassses us.
2) Highlight events to watch.
3) Don't forget the west feeds are available 3h later (often not listed).
4) Program each event into IRD
4a) Ditto Sidecar unless you have a 922: then skip 4a but go to 4b
4b) Pray for 922 timers, burn incence,. Kick 922 gently.
5) Program each VCR. If event is >120 min, calculate when to break event into a EP segment using old algebra.
6) Label videocassettes and load
7) See 4b
8) reconcile: HDTV in realtime or not at all.

So I don't think C-band Timeshifters will find it too onerous to program *both* a 922 and a R5000HD, as we never had opportunity to get spoilt by C-band PVRs , AFAIK!

What does this mean. I hope the r5000hd will be compatible. Any thoughts.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...39#post4936139

And E* goes to MPEG-4 for HD later this year:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...dia_directv_dc

5th and 4th paragraphs from the bottom.

If I buy installed set from Nextcom, will I receive smart card with it? Or I have to buy my own from E*?

DirecTV and Dish Network going to MPEG4 is likely the reason so many of the 169time systems have been unloaded recently. It will be interesting to see what recording possibilities exist after this change. Of course the receivers all become non-functional and I believe it is likely DirecTV will replace receivers. Will the new receivers be modifiable with firewire or USB ports and new software allow recording MPEG4 with the R-5000HD and 169time systems? Anything stated at this point really would be nothing more than speculation unless R-5000HD is ready for this change and has some ideas. The first obstacle will be the receiver. Since Nextcom has apparently taken the position only receivers without digital copy protection can be modified, that might be a deal killer right from the start since the new receivers will all have digital copy protection. It will take some courage from the R-5000HD and 169time people to even say anything right now since all modified receivers have just been given a death sentence.

Chris

WoodyT

You have to supply your own receiver with subscription.
Nextcom only supplies the firwire output.

I hope that is correct and the MPEG2 shut off in 2007.

Chris

This is hardly welcome news.

This takes planned obsolescence to the max!

I just do not get it. What is the size of the installed base of DirecTV HD receivers? It has to be huge. And these things are not cheap. It was not that long ago when you had to pay over $500 for one. Even now, it is a couple of hundered bucks. And all the HD-TIVO's too?

Something does not make sense.